WECC 101

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is a non-profit corporation that exists to assure a reliable Bulk Electric System in the geographic area known as the Western Interconnection. WECC has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as the Regional Entity for the Western Interconnection. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) delegated some of its authority to create, monitor, and enforce reliability standards to WECC through a Delegation Agreement.

About WECC

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) is a non-profit corporation that exists to ensure a reliable Bulk Electric System in the geographic area known as the Western Interconnection. WECC has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as the Regional Entity for the Western Interconnection. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) delegated some of its authority to create, monitor, and enforce reliability standards to WECC through a Delegation Agreement.

WECC-0115 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request to Retire Requirement R2

This project will examine whether to retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Contingency Reserve, Requirement R2 once BAL-003-1, Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting, Requirement R1 becomes effective on April 1, 2016.

On January 24, 2017, FERC approved an Interpretation to BAL-002-WECC-2, providing clarification regarding the types of resources that may be used to satisfy Contingency Reserve. The standard’s designation has been changed to BAL-002-WECC-2a.